Photographer's Note

Canada has a lot of maple trees and it is spectacular in fall when they all turn red, but this is a close-up of a young maple tree in spring, bout 3 feet hight. I've nerver seen such a colour on a maple tree in spring. The red "helicopter seeds" I don't know how they are called, french or english, are usually a pale green.

I processed this shot by cropping it, contrast and sharpening and a "tiny bit" (forgot to note the number) of saturation on the red after selecting with magic wand.

What a wonderful shot NinaD, Maple leaves are instantly recognisable the world over, but I never knew the seeds looked like this, I'm wondering if the maple is a member of the same family as the Sycamore, they certainly look very similar.

We call the seeds 'helicopter seeds' too, I've heard them called 'whirligigs' as well, but I think that's more of a colloquialism.

Fantastic colours - a really beautiful spectrum of greens and reds. I do agree with Adrian though, there is a lot here in this picture, so it would have been even better to pick out a few individual seeds. Superb capture though!